Published December 1, 1970
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Journal Article
Extension of the WKB method to wave functions and transition probability amplitudès (S-matrix) for inelastic or reactive collisions
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Marcus, R. A.
Abstract
A WKB-type method is used to calculate the wave function and S-matrix for these collisions directly, instead of applying WKB to the customary infinite set of coupled differential equations. Action-angle variables and exact or approximate classical trajectories are used.
Additional Information
© 1970 Published by Elsevier B.V. Received 5 October 1970, Available online 26 November 2001. Acknowledgement is made to the National Science Foundation and to the donors of the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society, for their support of this research. This paper was presented at the Conference on Potential Energy Surfaces, University of California, Santa Cruz, California (1970), and is also available as an IBM report (proceedings of the above Conference) on request by writing Librarian. IBM Research Laboratory, San José, California 95114, USA.Additional details
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